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Dell 6400. will not start. Only green power light dimly lights
I have a Dell 6400 laptop. When I press the power switch nothing happens except that the green power indicator light shows a dim light. Plugging in the adapter with the battery in or out does not make any difference, the light remains lit. If I power on without the adapter plugged in the light shows and then goes out after a few seconds.I have reseated the RAM. If I press the test button on the back of the battery all 5 green indicator light show on the battery.
Can anyone help
Can anyone help
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gincho
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It is either a bad motherboard or bad RAM. Do you have any other memory you could test in it? Maybe even try just one stick at a time.
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captainmorgank; It is not under warranty so I am afraid that a new motherboard would be a big part of the price of a new one.
phungus69; ther are two 512MB chip of RAm. I have removed one stick at a time and switched between the different slots. I can get RAM that I know is right however and I will try that.
I will post back
Thank you both
phungus69; ther are two 512MB chip of RAm. I have removed one stick at a time and switched between the different slots. I can get RAM that I know is right however and I will try that.
I will post back
Thank you both
One thing you can do is take out ALL the ram and see if it gives you a beep error code or anything.
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Thanks phunqus. No not even a beep error code when I removed the RAM.
It seems like a electricity circuits problem.... Did anything happened lately to where the laptop was hooked up ? I mean like Power went off and back on right away?
Have you tried to take off the battery and try to use a different charger and cable with the laptop?
Have you tried to take off the battery and try to use a different charger and cable with the laptop?
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moh10ly; Yes i did rmove the battery and tried a different charger and cable that I know works ok. Still no luck
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Yep, I guess it is time to gut the fried chicken and lay it to rest. R.I.P.
Thanks you all for your help
gincho
Thanks you all for your help
gincho